Catching up: Three get qualifying offers, three don’t — and an update of sorts on Cam Macintyre

Off the clock again this week (until and unless something big happens) and still somewhat out of the loop, but a couple things to pass along:

As expected, the Sharks did extend qualifying offers yesterday to Devin Setoguchi, Derek Joslin and Steven Zalewski. The three become restricted free agents tomorrow and if GM Doug Wilson had not done this, San Jose would have lost any compensation rights had any of the players signed with another team.

The dollar amount of the qualifying offer is dictated by the collective bargaining agreement:

Players earning $660,000 or less will be entitled to qualifying offers (QO) at 110% of their prior year’s salary; players earning more than $660,000 and up to $1 million will be entitled to QOs at 105% of prior year’s salary; players earning more than $1 million will be entitled to QO at 100% of their prior year’s salary.

*****The Sharks also chose NOT to extend those qualifying offers to three other players — Daniel Rahimi (who was acquired from Vancouver in the Christian Ehrhoff salary dump), Michael Vernace (originally one of their own draft choices, reacquired from the Atlanta Thrashers last week in that transaction leading up to the Dustin Byfuglien trade) and Matt Jones (signed by the Sharks as a college free agent two years ago).

To straighten out any confusion about Patrick White, the other player the Sharks received in the Ehrhoff trade-dump … if the Sharks decide not to sign him, they’ll receive a compensatory second-round pick in the draft after White’s senior year at Minnesota. That would be 2011.

****Nothing official yet, but reports that the Sharks have signed Cameron Macintyre to a two-year contract appear to be accurate.

I don’t have the terms yet, but I wouldn’t be shocked if it were a one-way deal. Macintyre, a right wing who was signed this spring as a college free agent after finishing his career at Princeton, is 24 and Doug Wilson has pointed out several times that he is a much different player than, say, an 18-year-old taken early in the draft.

Several teams were competing for Macintyre’s attention and it wouldn’t surprise me the guarantee of a one-way contract was part of the package that convinced him to sign with San Jose. Just speculating.

And the fact that Macintyre is a right wing with size and scoring potential also would help explain the decision not to bring back Jed Ortmeyer.

David Pollak

David Pollak has been following the NHL forever and at the Mercury News as an editor or reporter since 1987. For almost a decade he wrote about the Sharks as the paper's Fan in the Stands before joining the sports department in 2001. He became the Sharks beat writer before the 2007-08 season and began this blog at that time. You can also follow him on Twitter at @PollakOnSharks.

if they sign Turco, it will also be about netminder puckhandling and being able to negate the opponents’ forecheck, and to clear the puck for the dmen who, other than Boyle, are in the slow and avg puck skills category

Hammerhead

Marty…commenting on Turco?

The Sad, Sorry Truth

BREAKING NEWS: According to TSN, the Sharks have reached a verbal agreement with G Ron Tugnutt on a three-year contract.

Sources close to the deal say that Sharks general manager Doug Wilson, who has never won a championship as a player or general manager at any level of hockey, said the deal will become official at midnight ET Thursday.

“Ron Tugnutt exemplifies everything the Sharks organization has, wants and will ever be,” Wilson said. “This is a guy who went 186-239-62 with a GAA of 3.05 and a save percentage of .895 in his career. He knows what it takes to underachieve. That’s a big part of our overall formula in this organization.”

“He hasn’t forgotten how to be unclutch,” he added. “That’s something you can’t teach and big part of the decision making process here.”

Tugnutt, who last played for the Dallas Stars in 2003-04, follows in The Mastermind of Mediocrity’s long and storied history of signing washed up losers (Roenick, Lemieux, Ozolinsh, Blake) in the hopes of backfilling all the gaping holes he’s created throughout his tenure.

“We’re not the laughing stock of the NHL,” Wilson said sharply. “I would put our regular season performance in the past five years up against any other organization’s. We’re the best November and December team I’ve ever seen.”

107 – Actually, I would make a better GM than DW as I need to “clean-up” the mistake signings of Wallin and Huskins. (1) IMHO, Turco would make a reasonable goalie at $2.5 MIL for 1 yrs while Stalock & Sexsmith get more experience; (2) Woosta D-Man that can take the place of the above mentioned would be Leach, Joslin, Moore, McClaren and Petreki: (3) The $4.2 MIL would be buried in Woosta which would not count against the salary cap; thus freeing up precious CAP space to sign a Top 4 D-Man and Veteran Goalie. Not to mention resigning Manny and Seto. Any other q’s? 🙂

what cap room?

spidey is right. but Greg Jamison will have a fit if he has to pay bokoo bucks to bury DW’s mistakes.

maybe DW will suit up again since he is an old dman with a high price tag, he seems to like those. and he can be captain once again, just like he led the Sharks to the basement in the cow palace days.

Jeremy6411111

The Wallin contract is terrible. The guy who keeps asking you to be specific is right, and is asking you to be specific because he knows if he actually makes you speak specifically you’ll no longer be able to BS.

Anyone trying to spin that it’s a good signing is full of it. It doesn’t matter if where he plays. If he plays with Boyle, that doesn’t make him a #2 defenseman. He’d still be a #6 defenseman, just playing in the #2 role. So again, doesn’t matter where he plays, he’s a #6 defenseman, getting #3 – #4 money. It’s a bad contract, and it hurts the team. And the team is worse now for it.

End of discussion.

The Detector

End of discussion

HA!

famous last words one wishes

Did

I think that SpideySense, Jeremy6411111 and The Sad, Sorry Truth are on to something.

I’m sure if they present all of the evidence that you have against Doug Wilson to the Sharks organization they will fire him on the spot and replace the management team with the three of them and we’ll get the Stanley Cup for 2010-2011 before the season has even started since all of the other teams will simply refuse to play against the Sharks.

AxelN

DP is the only one to end the discussion.

Wallin is supposedly good for the D in the locker room. I wouldn’t be surprised if he alternates what pair he is on (2nd, 3rd) so that question becomes mute. I don’t think he’s worth 2.5, but then again I didn’t think Huskins was worth a Dime, and I had issues with Blake even returning last year, let alone for $5mil.

I’m perfectly comfortable not complaining until I see what happens.

what cap room?

it does not become mute. if he plays on the 2nd pair, he is not as good as Blake, thus the sharks are weaker. and if he plays on the 3rd pair, he is so overpaid that it is criminal

and good in the locker room?? gimme a break. so was clawed la-mew

Same O. Saymo

Truth! That was brilliant. And kingfish100 when was mike richter the sharks goalie?

Turco eating at PF Chang? The man has no taste for food, pllllllllleeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaassssssseeeeee don’t sign him, he’ll be an embarassment to SJ.

NickG

When did TSN become The Onion. Nice try, however, on the url. You really have to find yourself a job.

NB Finfan

This place has a whole lot of BULL in it today.

NB Finfan

Hmmmm, there was no signing of Manny as of yet which means he will be a UFA in a few hours. I wonder what is happening there?

New story just posted on the Sharks site says Petrecki will be one of the young guys competing for a D spot next year.

The plot is starting to thicken.

Tano

NB Finfan

yep I prefer to have

The plot is starting to thicken, than what we get sometimes in this blog…

the thick are starting to plot……

NB Finfan

Tis better to discuss what IS happening than feed trolls, no?

finfan

NB

The Sharks usually sit out Free Agency, so most likely the answer to your question is nothing is happening there. I fully expect Malhotra to get an offer from another division team, and end up there. The Sharks cannot afford him because they overpaid a couple of defeseman.

Tano

The sale of the century continues in the windy city, Versteeg is gone to the Leafs.

SpideySense

FYI – Verteeg just signed with Toronto and with Big Buff and Sopel gone and maybe Ladd tomm. Now…Maybe our beloved Sharks can close the gap with the Hawks (IMHO, the ONLY team in the way of a 2010-2011 Stanley Cup). #118 – I agree that resigning Manny doesn’t look to good due to the fact DW wasted $2.5 Mil. on you know who. What a shame, but I hope the Sharks do make some NOISE tomm. on Canada Day becos the “gap” is truly closing with the Hawks… 🙂

Tano

I think the Hawks are going by the stats, and hence not too worried about what happens next year. The last time a team won back to back SCs was 1996/7-1997/8, the dead wings..so the Hawks are on their next 49 years wait….

what cap room?

accdg to Hawk GM Bowman, this allows them to match any offers for their RFAs, thus keeping them, and it allows them to sign a UFA player tomorrow

plus they still have their top players.

Did

They’ve only extended qualifying offers to Ladd, Niemi and Hjalmarsson so they do have some cap space but with only 16 players signed so far and about $4.8m in cap space they don’t really have enough to sign a full roster.

And because in 2009-2010 they exceeded the cap by about $2m their cap is reduced by that number for next year so they’ll probably end up moving another player and still have to bury Huet (or trade him – but I don’t think that there is team in the league that will take him for nothing) in the minors for cap reasons.

ed

Bob McK says that now they will have to trade Ladd too. expect him to join Buff in Atl

Breakaway

I love when morons on here make claims of trades or signings that they heard from sources… Then others with their sources say a whole different Conflicting rumor…

NickG

@Breakaway

I still laugh at when Heatley was already in town and they couldn’t talk about him actually be here. I was told that since their season ticket holder rep told them he wasn’t here and that their “front office” contacts echoed that statement, then he was not here.

I definitely trusted those who I had spoke to before any random person on a blog claimed knowledge that came from front office or STH reps.

However, I learned my lesson then. There are somethings that happen that have to stay quiet for many more reasons than it simply being an inconvenience. I now just keep my mouth shut and laugh at the supposed “first hand knowledge” comments.

Hey Amos & Andy–I made a mistake and meant GM not coach but they are both the shortest lived jobs in the NHL. Do you ever make a mistakes and are you in here to just point them out? I have more clues about the Sharks than you will ever have since I’m one of the original 100 season ticket holders. More comments like that and you’ll be kicked out of here.

#103 is total BS just like it’s author, Sad, sorry truth who will now be kicked out of here!

FreeCell

It looks like the banned and unmissed “eddie” is posting comments to WTC using several sock puppet aliases. Judging by the tone and content of recent comments, Jeremy6411111 == joel == amos and andy == ed == husky price